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silda pushed the change into law in the first month. it wasn't clean and pretty. rahm emanuel is in the middle of it and it wasn't suitable for younger years either. but the whole stimulus debate is a case study in obama to the disillusionment of the left but proved that obama was just like every other politician. more interested in cutting deals and trading james desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender. to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama is a euro socialist radical who is a full - chicago style partisan and a wimp who is deferring to his leftist congressional overlords of the same time. he was pretty much what he said he was. a data oriented left of center technocrat that was above all a pragmatist comfortable with compromise, and willing to sacrifice the good in pursuit of the ideal it was the first evidence that after the campaigning of the change on the system outsider he would govern as a work the system insider but despite all of his talk, he understood they don't produce change. the stimulus is producin
silda pushed the change into law in the first month. it wasn't clean and pretty. rahm emanuel is in the middle of it and it wasn't suitable for younger years either. but the whole stimulus debate is a case study in obama to the disillusionment of the left but proved that obama was just like every other politician. more interested in cutting deals and trading james desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender. to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama...
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takes law enforcement? >> there are exceptions. there are still exceptions. one reason let me now have concluded as the frame that is being used by policymakers, the frame is not about investing. it is about capital expenditures when should be about operating expenditures. the frame is about government as believed. we're trying to work with our customers in those cities where we see receptive ears a meeting the leaders are hungry for really profound changes in the way the city operates. some of these are not the usual suspects. chattanooga, not the city on because you would expect on the left bank or otherwise. they decided to make the investment in building out broadband to every building in the city. piercing the economic benefits. it is not just the city government. it was their other vehicles. they read things mark -- a were being smart. ts are hard.he dock we're trying to break down the silo which tends to be the frame for which they think about it rather than looking across all of the boundaries to say what is it that is going to force collaboration and
takes law enforcement? >> there are exceptions. there are still exceptions. one reason let me now have concluded as the frame that is being used by policymakers, the frame is not about investing. it is about capital expenditures when should be about operating expenditures. the frame is about government as believed. we're trying to work with our customers in those cities where we see receptive ears a meeting the leaders are hungry for really profound changes in the way the city operates....
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we've got to have the same bankruptcy law for people as for corporations. i need you send me to washington dc. you need to send me to washington, d.c. we need to clear lake champlain a federally protected water reservoir to read 200,000 while they are drinking water from lake champlain and were under a big threat right now, gas, natural and another company in vermont are planning on putting a natural gas under lake champlain to build a natural gas pipeline to stir up all of the water of lake champlain and make it non-drinkable. remember one third draw their drinking water from lake champlain. all gas pipelines leak sometimes come so the gas and lead. this would be a disaster. we have got to get lake champlain declared a federally protected water reservoir. we've got to get federal funding for the public works project because right now under vermont, the new york and the canadian side treated this ridge is being dumped into lake champlain, and that was happening when bernie sanders was the mayor of burlington dumping it into lake champlain while simultaneous
we've got to have the same bankruptcy law for people as for corporations. i need you send me to washington dc. you need to send me to washington, d.c. we need to clear lake champlain a federally protected water reservoir to read 200,000 while they are drinking water from lake champlain and were under a big threat right now, gas, natural and another company in vermont are planning on putting a natural gas under lake champlain to build a natural gas pipeline to stir up all of the water of lake...
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this compound was american soil about international law. i'm speaking as an attorney. by international law, a diplomatic compound is american soil, no matter where it's located, so we had 30 american citizens on american soil. this is no different than if it happened in l.a. or any other city. it would not take seven hours normally to scramble the jets to send a 130 if this was on american soil in california or new york or any other place, but i don't know why. why didn't they do it? >> sean: i want the tapes released. the tapes that caused your son to defy orders to stand down, i want- they have those tapes. they have drone tapes. they can release them. >> okay. we're not political. i did not vote for either candidate last time. to be political. >> sea i'm not trying to be political. >> but to be political would be dishonoring to my son's life and death. however, i'm here to honor my son. part of the process of honoring is to forgive, but part of the other process is to truth and to make sure that justice is pursued. i hope that it is because justice has to be paid fo
this compound was american soil about international law. i'm speaking as an attorney. by international law, a diplomatic compound is american soil, no matter where it's located, so we had 30 american citizens on american soil. this is no different than if it happened in l.a. or any other city. it would not take seven hours normally to scramble the jets to send a 130 if this was on american soil in california or new york or any other place, but i don't know why. why didn't they do it? >>...
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robert honda was in the court as a school principal accused of violating a school law of reporting possible child molestation. >> reporter: a school principal went on trial today. charged with failing to report a teacher who may have molested a student one year ago. that teacher, is now awaiting trial for molesting five children. according to police report, an eight-year-old child who took the stand told the principal he had blindfolded her and touched her as part of a hellen keller report. >> she needs to contact law enforcement and let them do their jobs. >> reporter: detective is took the stand and tved he acknowledged her notes indicated misconduct by chandler. >> she said the notes look bad, don't they. >> the detective said yes. >> he and did she said i should have called the police and our whole point is yes, you should have. >> her attorney says the principal was fooled by a teacher she trusted. >> he didn't have to ask him or prompt him. each of the things the child said were covered by the statement that the chandler gave and they were explained as part of lesson and that was clea
robert honda was in the court as a school principal accused of violating a school law of reporting possible child molestation. >> reporter: a school principal went on trial today. charged with failing to report a teacher who may have molested a student one year ago. that teacher, is now awaiting trial for molesting five children. according to police report, an eight-year-old child who took the stand told the principal he had blindfolded her and touched her as part of a hellen keller...
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no, he doesn't much the president has no such authority, nothing in federal law or the constitution gives any single person the power to postpone a vote for president of the united states. now, congress does have the authority to set the date for presidential elections. the constitution gives the authority to congress and congress has done that. the first tuesday after the first monday in november. it's been that way since the 18 -- roughly 1845. but there is no independent authority other than that to change the date for an election. so a state official, for example, probably couldn't say we're going to hold the elections two days from when they were scheduled. that would cause a problem with whether that state had done the right thing in choosing its presidential electors. congress could certainly change the date. if there's concern about the date for the presidential election with all the disruption from this storm, congress could hustle back into town and change the date. but that might not go down very well with all the states that weren't affected by the storm. not only that, chris,
no, he doesn't much the president has no such authority, nothing in federal law or the constitution gives any single person the power to postpone a vote for president of the united states. now, congress does have the authority to set the date for presidential elections. the constitution gives the authority to congress and congress has done that. the first tuesday after the first monday in november. it's been that way since the 18 -- roughly 1845. but there is no independent authority other than...
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my mother-in-law joked that was convenient. if anything went wrong we could wheel him straight on into the church. but he's doing very well. they're both doing really great and we treasure our time with them. general na is going every month to get video footage of her grandparents and telling stories and she wants to have that both for his library but also just for her and all of the family to have this footage of them because they're so terrific. now let's g get to what we're really here for which is to thank you all very very much and to encourage you to keep working every single day, keep going door to door and making those phone calls and make sure all of those people you contacted turn out to vote on november 6. it's really really important that we have the ground game that wins which and i think you all have set it up so that's what we'll have in michigan and i want to thank you all for that very much. i've been with ann romney lately. we did a reception together in oklahoma city and she is so terrific. and i think everyo
my mother-in-law joked that was convenient. if anything went wrong we could wheel him straight on into the church. but he's doing very well. they're both doing really great and we treasure our time with them. general na is going every month to get video footage of her grandparents and telling stories and she wants to have that both for his library but also just for her and all of the family to have this footage of them because they're so terrific. now let's g get to what we're really here for...
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. >> although grace admits to being a little drunk, she did not break any laws and police cut her loose. >> you're lucky i like you, grace. >> if i catch you next time you're going, you understand? >> yes, sir. >> cases like crystal where women slide from prostitution into drug addiction are all too common. the task force moves on to their next target. >> a female pulls casual encounters on craigslist. >> an undercover has been talking with a woman that posted on craigslist casual encounters. rather than online ad for sex. >> we're going to dry to do an online date and once she makes the deal outside, we'll go in and arrest her. >> outside a quiet suburban motel, close cover officers eyeball the rendezvous while others move in slowly waiting for the good deal signal to make the best. >> she agreed, she's out of his ride. good deal, good deal. >> the woman selling herself is a 20-something college student we'll call dana. upon arrest, she tries to thwart investigators from looking in her car. >> where are the keys? >> you hid something. >> no. >> she's saying they're right up here, i did
. >> although grace admits to being a little drunk, she did not break any laws and police cut her loose. >> you're lucky i like you, grace. >> if i catch you next time you're going, you understand? >> yes, sir. >> cases like crystal where women slide from prostitution into drug addiction are all too common. the task force moves on to their next target. >> a female pulls casual encounters on craigslist. >> an undercover has been talking with a woman that...
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it is in the federal law. if, god forbid, we had a real problem with hurricane sandy hitting the northeast, the emergency procedures in our constitution said the state legislature then would elect or nominate the electors to the electoral college. if we cannot run an election for some reason, we still have a backup plan in place in that eventuality. each state has a slate and when you vote for president, you're not voting for president, you are voting for the slate of electors. these people are going to vote for who they think is best to be president. each state gets a number of electors equal to the number of representatives plus the number of senators which is true for each state. those people are elected on election day. they don't actually come together. they mail it in. it is early voting with them as well. they select the winner. in the event of a tie, in the electoral college, we go to the congress and the procedures there where each state votes as a unit as to who they think is going to -- who they wou
it is in the federal law. if, god forbid, we had a real problem with hurricane sandy hitting the northeast, the emergency procedures in our constitution said the state legislature then would elect or nominate the electors to the electoral college. if we cannot run an election for some reason, we still have a backup plan in place in that eventuality. each state has a slate and when you vote for president, you're not voting for president, you are voting for the slate of electors. these people are...
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what laws would be overturned? >> there are two laws in particular that they're concerned about. one is the so-called 80-20 law which says that taxpayers don't need to pay more than 80% of public employees pension benefits. and the other one is a law basically regarding teachers. the fact that there have been some school reforms that have allowed various merit measures and teacher promotion measures that could also be overturned by this. this is something that michelle rei, the former dc schools chancellor who runs a students first group, is very concerned about and her group made a big ad in michigan to fight this. >> governor rick snyder, the republican in michigan, asked union leaders not to put this on the ballot, and he said in return i'll tell business people, don't put a right to work law on the ballot. the business leader agreed. labor put it on the ballot anyway. did snyder get played like a patsy? >> he probably did. michigan is a heavily unionized state. one of the most unionized states in the country with 18% of the work force, they're using michigan here as their tes
what laws would be overturned? >> there are two laws in particular that they're concerned about. one is the so-called 80-20 law which says that taxpayers don't need to pay more than 80% of public employees pension benefits. and the other one is a law basically regarding teachers. the fact that there have been some school reforms that have allowed various merit measures and teacher promotion measures that could also be overturned by this. this is something that michelle rei, the former dc...
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economy and consumer financial regulations law. then u.s. congressional candidate ann wagner from missouri gives the republican address. she's discusses the u.s. economy and tax policy. >> hi, everybody. it's now been four years since the crisis that began on wall street spread to main street. hammering middle class families and ultimately costing our economy 9 million jobs. since then we fought our way back. our businesses added more than 5 million new jobs. unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level since i took office. home values are rising again and our assembly lines are humming once more. to make sure america never goes through a crisis like that again we passed tough new wall street reform to end taxpayer-funded bailouts for good. wall street reform also created the first of ever independent consumer watchdog whose sole job is look out for you. that is making sure you have all of the information you need to make important financial decisions like buying a home or paying for college and it means going after anyone who tries to t
economy and consumer financial regulations law. then u.s. congressional candidate ann wagner from missouri gives the republican address. she's discusses the u.s. economy and tax policy. >> hi, everybody. it's now been four years since the crisis that began on wall street spread to main street. hammering middle class families and ultimately costing our economy 9 million jobs. since then we fought our way back. our businesses added more than 5 million new jobs. unemployment rate has fallen...
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, media law and the supreme court. he has been a senior writer for american lawyer media. he's been a distinguished lecture in writing at princeton university reporter and supreme court correspondent for "the new york times" and an attorney with wilmer cutler. he's a graduate of princeton university and i believe it is a harvard law school? yes. please welcome stuart taylor. [applause] >> thank you very much and please extend my heartfelt thanks to you and cato for giving us this opportunity to try to talk about our new book. as rick said i'm the focus more on the case in the supreme court and i will give the basics of that case and then i will talk a little bit about the relevance of our books evidence about mismatched etc. to the case. this case we didn't know about this case when we started the book and the case doesn't dwell on the issues the book focuses on but we think that the solutions to the issues the book focuses on are pretty similar to the solutions to the overall racial preference problem basically reduci
, media law and the supreme court. he has been a senior writer for american lawyer media. he's been a distinguished lecture in writing at princeton university reporter and supreme court correspondent for "the new york times" and an attorney with wilmer cutler. he's a graduate of princeton university and i believe it is a harvard law school? yes. please welcome stuart taylor. [applause] >> thank you very much and please extend my heartfelt thanks to you and cato for giving us...
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voting machines take this for example ohio secretary of state john husted has skirted around election laws to install experimental software patches on vote counting tabulators and up to thirty nine ohio counties so what are these uncertified software patches and could they have the potential to alter the election results those are the things we need to be asking in this pivotal election so to help us break through the madness i'm joined now by mark crispin miller professor of media at n.y.u. and author of fooled again the real case for electoral reform mark thank you for coming on thanks for having me on and i have fled to brooklyn from manhattan in order to have flushing toilets and electricity so you know ordinarily be in the studio but i couldn't do that today no problem i really appreciate i know things are really crazy over there in new york so you know mark last time we talked we talked mostly about the last the last couple lections and the extensive voting fraud with those let's talk about this election i mean going off what i just said what do you think about these new software pat
voting machines take this for example ohio secretary of state john husted has skirted around election laws to install experimental software patches on vote counting tabulators and up to thirty nine ohio counties so what are these uncertified software patches and could they have the potential to alter the election results those are the things we need to be asking in this pivotal election so to help us break through the madness i'm joined now by mark crispin miller professor of media at n.y.u....
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but they're also increasingly used by law enforcement here at home. cbs 5 reporter patrick receive de owe got a demonstration in the east bay. >> reporter: by definition it's a drone. absolutely. it's likely you'll see more unmanned remote control cause like these flying over active crime scenes. >> callouts, search and rescue missions and persons with firearms. >> reporter: law enforcement officials would count the gunman in vallejo last year who killed an officer and how this equipment could have helped. >> it would have been a lot better to deploy one of these unmanned aerial systems and see where person is hiding and take him into custody that way. >> as opposed to $1,500 an hour for a powered aircraft. that saves big money. this is all part of operation urban shield. the drone comes equipped with high-tech accessories like night vision, cameras and even see heat. >> this system would have saved the life of an alzheimer's patient from an incident that happened overnight. >> reporter: what was once considered an expensive toy now seriously consider
but they're also increasingly used by law enforcement here at home. cbs 5 reporter patrick receive de owe got a demonstration in the east bay. >> reporter: by definition it's a drone. absolutely. it's likely you'll see more unmanned remote control cause like these flying over active crime scenes. >> callouts, search and rescue missions and persons with firearms. >> reporter: law enforcement officials would count the gunman in vallejo last year who killed an officer and how...
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he focused on getting the healthcare law pushed through without considering republican options. and i think that poisoned everything for moving forward. so i would strongly disagree with that in terms of he had plenty of chances to deliver on the promises he made and he didn't. and during that period he chose not to work with republicans. host: next up is fill in north carolina on our independent line. caller: i just wanted to say that despite the media blackout gary johnson is going to have a profound impact on this election. he's got my vote because the democrats talk peace and kill 178 children with drone warfare in pakistan and they say that's not tough enough. and i don't know how many dead children it would take to satisfy mitt romney and the republicans. guest: talk to us about the effects as you see them of third party candidates on the republican effort in north carolina. guest: right now from what we're seeing it doesn't look like it's having an impact. to the extent they are drawing folks out it's from both parties and doesn't look like it's going to impact the presid
he focused on getting the healthcare law pushed through without considering republican options. and i think that poisoned everything for moving forward. so i would strongly disagree with that in terms of he had plenty of chances to deliver on the promises he made and he didn't. and during that period he chose not to work with republicans. host: next up is fill in north carolina on our independent line. caller: i just wanted to say that despite the media blackout gary johnson is going to have a...
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it's the law. so vote for question seven. so we can stop spending all that money here, and keep maryland money in classrooms like mine. >> hi, i'm here at the first annual helping parents to rock teleon the. work around the clock to help america's parents rediscover their bad ass selves. since the launch the campaign it's helped the lives of thousands of moms and dads. like sara from garden oak, new jersey who writes, before i called you guys i was waking up at 6:00 a.m. now i'm getting to bed at 6:00 a.m. thank you, helping parents to rock! we're saving lives here. what's going on in social media, gas money? >> alicia! >> tricked out family ride. keep rocking that's hot. importance of coloring inside the lines. you got a little michelangelo on your hands, baby. and took his young ones to a concert. that is crazy. that ain't boss. >> a situation developing. debbie in new mexico business to make a big mistake. deb? step away from the granny panties. smokein' mamas don't buy underwear in bulk. that was a close one. >> i use the
it's the law. so vote for question seven. so we can stop spending all that money here, and keep maryland money in classrooms like mine. >> hi, i'm here at the first annual helping parents to rock teleon the. work around the clock to help america's parents rediscover their bad ass selves. since the launch the campaign it's helped the lives of thousands of moms and dads. like sara from garden oak, new jersey who writes, before i called you guys i was waking up at 6:00 a.m. now i'm getting...
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his current focus is on constitutional law, media law and the supreme court. he has been a senior writer for american lawyer media. he is as distinguished lecturer in writing that concern university, reporter in supreme court correspondent for the new york times and an attorney with wilbur cut their and graduate of princeton university and harvard law school please welcome stuart taylor. [applause] >> thank you very much. please accept my heartfelt thanks for giving us this opportunity to talk about a new book. i am going to focus more on the case in the supreme court and i will talk a little bit about the relevance of our book's evidence about "mismatch" etc. to the case. this case, we didn't know about this case when we started this book. and the issues that we focus on, we think the solutions to the issues the book focuses are pretty similar to the solutions to the overall racial preference problem, basically reducing the size of preferences and making them more transparent. abigail fisher is a student who brought this suit. was not admitted to the universi
his current focus is on constitutional law, media law and the supreme court. he has been a senior writer for american lawyer media. he is as distinguished lecturer in writing that concern university, reporter in supreme court correspondent for the new york times and an attorney with wilbur cut their and graduate of princeton university and harvard law school please welcome stuart taylor. [applause] >> thank you very much. please accept my heartfelt thanks for giving us this opportunity to...
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he said i oppose a federal open housing law and this year i support the 1968 civil rights bill with open housing. which way will he blow next? chris: flip-flop ads were used by the two president bushes starting here with george bush 41 slamming bill clinton in 199 and then george w. bush's famous 2004 wind surfing ad against john kerry. >> presidential candidate on the left stood for military action in the persian gulf while the candidate on the right agreed with those who opposed it. one of these candidates is bill clinton. unfortunately, so is the other. in which direction would john kerry lead? kerry voted for the iraq war. opposed it. supported it. and now opposes it again. john kerry. whichever way the wind blows. chris: funny thing is the guy who made that wind surfing ad that's bush's advisor mark mckinnon worked also for john mccain in 2008. and here's the recycled hand he work for mccain against primary opponent mitt romney. >> mitt romney seems to change positions like the wind. he tells florida he supports the bush tax cuts. but as massachusetts governor romney refused to take
he said i oppose a federal open housing law and this year i support the 1968 civil rights bill with open housing. which way will he blow next? chris: flip-flop ads were used by the two president bushes starting here with george bush 41 slamming bill clinton in 199 and then george w. bush's famous 2004 wind surfing ad against john kerry. >> presidential candidate on the left stood for military action in the persian gulf while the candidate on the right agreed with those who opposed it. one...
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3 pensions for one job our investigation so outraged politicians in springfield that they passed a law to stop it. they go on leave from the city and then base their pensions on their much higher union salary that pension reform had rare bipartisan support the teachers' union and other union leaders now say the law went too far. jesse sharkey is the no. 2 guy with the chicago teachers union. what's wrong with it is a couple of things, number one he points to this library assistant whose pension could be cut by more than half under the new law when she took a leave of absence from the city to work for the union her salary doubled she then not only got her city pension but a second retirement deal for reunion work. house minority leader tom cross sponsored the bill to stop what the library assistant and dozens of other union workers had been doing. she is still going to have a pension that she is entitled to as the library at she's just not getting that second pension working for the teachers' union. this begs the question if they build and received bipartisan support makes a very small
3 pensions for one job our investigation so outraged politicians in springfield that they passed a law to stop it. they go on leave from the city and then base their pensions on their much higher union salary that pension reform had rare bipartisan support the teachers' union and other union leaders now say the law went too far. jesse sharkey is the no. 2 guy with the chicago teachers union. what's wrong with it is a couple of things, number one he points to this library assistant whose pension...
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and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ >>> after losing nine million jobs in the great recession, our businesses have now add more than five million jobs over the past two and a half years, manufacturing is at its highest level since the '90s, unemployment has fallen to hit lowest level since i took office. home sales are rising, asemi lines are humming again. >> that as president obama in iowa, touting an economic turn-around he was saying that was just getting started. the economy is growing at a sluggish 2% and weak corporate earnings leading to one of the biggest dow selloffs of the year, we're back with dan henninger, and dan freeman, and mary anastasia o'grady. >> steve, happy days are here again? >> yeah. hardly. the problem with the speech that president barack obama showed is nobody really believes that, paul, and these new numbers on gdp show that this is an economy that is still suffering from what i call chronic fatigue syndrome. just isn't picking
and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ >>> after losing nine million jobs in the great recession, our businesses have now add more than five million jobs over the past two and a half years, manufacturing is at its highest level since the '90s, unemployment has fallen to hit lowest level since i took office. home sales are rising, asemi lines are humming again....
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the board also heard an ordinance that would strengthen existing laws to restrict the conversion of apartment units and also -- to restrict the conversion of housing units to tourist or short term use, practice known as hotellization and this ordinance sponsored by president chiu and they approved this on final reading and lastly was supervisor wiener's ordinance and 5 feet height bonus for active uses in the castro and on the 24th street and there were a few new introductions this week i would like to share with you. two of them -- i guess only two items. there are two hearing requests. the first is a request from supervisors kim and board president chiu. this is a hearing to consider the initial design of the golden gate warriors development at piers 30 and 32 and c lot and update on the waterfront transportation network assessment, so that hearing as well as another from supervisor ma. he would like a hearing to support the preservation of independent theaters and that will be upcoming at the board of supervisors. i will keep you posted. i heard from the zoning administrator and would like
the board also heard an ordinance that would strengthen existing laws to restrict the conversion of apartment units and also -- to restrict the conversion of housing units to tourist or short term use, practice known as hotellization and this ordinance sponsored by president chiu and they approved this on final reading and lastly was supervisor wiener's ordinance and 5 feet height bonus for active uses in the castro and on the 24th street and there were a few new introductions this week i would...
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it is in the federal law. if, god forbid, we had a real problem with hurricane sandy hitting the northeast, the emergency procedures in our constitution said the state legislature then would elect or nominate the electors to the electoral college. if we cannot run an election for some reason, we still have a backup plan in place in that eventuality. each state has a slate and when you vote for president, you're not voting for president, you are voting for the slate of electors. these people are going to vote for who they think is best to be president. each state gets a number of electors equal to the number of representatives plus the number of senators which is true for each state. those people are elected on election day. they don't actually come together. they mail it in. it is early voting with them as well. they select the winner. in the event of a tie, in the electoral college, we go to the congress and the procedures there where each state votes as a unit as to who they think is going to -- who they wou
it is in the federal law. if, god forbid, we had a real problem with hurricane sandy hitting the northeast, the emergency procedures in our constitution said the state legislature then would elect or nominate the electors to the electoral college. if we cannot run an election for some reason, we still have a backup plan in place in that eventuality. each state has a slate and when you vote for president, you're not voting for president, you are voting for the slate of electors. these people are...
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ohio and pennsylvania, where you have the republican speaker of the house admit that their voter id law was meant to defeat president obama. that definitely could have an impact. i am not worried about anybody stealing the election. i am were about in a close race, people who should be able to voted not being able to vote. host: speaking of close votes. this comes from one of our viewers. do not waste your vote, go for virgil. gary johnson is on the ballot. what role will third-party candidates have in close states in close races? guest: there was some concern early in virginia in terms of what the impact would be there. what you normally see, unless there is a strong campaign out there, you see about 1% of the total vote being split up between these candidates. that could make a difference in some of these close states. it is hard to predict. you are not getting enough in your sample. guest: i agree. it is tough to predict. we are seeing gary johnson get a little bit more earlier. mexico is a state that had been close. he was a governor there and that could have been close. host: a lot
ohio and pennsylvania, where you have the republican speaker of the house admit that their voter id law was meant to defeat president obama. that definitely could have an impact. i am not worried about anybody stealing the election. i am were about in a close race, people who should be able to voted not being able to vote. host: speaking of close votes. this comes from one of our viewers. do not waste your vote, go for virgil. gary johnson is on the ballot. what role will third-party candidates...
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religious organizations and preachers, priests, they are not prohibited by law from making political statements or even from endorsing political candidates. to retain their tax-exempt status, they are not supposed to come out in favor of one candidate over another. they're not supposed to urge their parishioners or congregants to vote in a particular weight in an election. that doesn't mean they cannot talk about political issues, broadly defined. that is permissible. they are allowed to talk about political issues. they are also allowed to talk about the importance of voting, being engaged, and being involved in general even if they cannot encourage people to vote in a particular way. host: off twitter. guest: that is interesting. we have found an increasing number of people saying churches and other houses of worship should keep out of social and political matters. earlier this year, we found an all-time high number saying there has been too much religious talk on the part of politicians and political leaders. there is some evidence of a growing sense of uncomfortable. aboard the n
religious organizations and preachers, priests, they are not prohibited by law from making political statements or even from endorsing political candidates. to retain their tax-exempt status, they are not supposed to come out in favor of one candidate over another. they're not supposed to urge their parishioners or congregants to vote in a particular weight in an election. that doesn't mean they cannot talk about political issues, broadly defined. that is permissible. they are allowed to talk...
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which, thankfully, was thrown out, those voter registration laws. it was fascinating, also, to see that the election was really wonderful to see the supervisors of election in the state of florida who stood up and were also opposing many of these rules, such as cutting the early voting days in half and requiring a much more extensive use of provisional ballots. so our supervisors of election who are both democratic and republican, independently elected by the citizens of their county have really been at the forefront of this battle and stood up against this back room, political manipulation for partisan advantage which absolutely should not be happening in this country or our state of florida. >> jim? >> you know, al, one of the things that i thought was funny about this deposition was when bucky gave all of the names that i talked before on your show that those were the same names that he gave in his deposition as being involved in drafting this legislation or this potential law. so it goes on to show that there's clear cut evidence and it shouldn'
which, thankfully, was thrown out, those voter registration laws. it was fascinating, also, to see that the election was really wonderful to see the supervisors of election in the state of florida who stood up and were also opposing many of these rules, such as cutting the early voting days in half and requiring a much more extensive use of provisional ballots. so our supervisors of election who are both democratic and republican, independently elected by the citizens of their county have...
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at 1:30 in the morning my sister-in-law came upstairs. we've got a two-story house. she was downstairs. a guy had come up to the door that we have downstairs in a room and started shaking saying, i'm brian let me in. let me in. i'm in trouble. let me in. that scared the hell out of her. a guy we don't know at all. she ran upstairs, called the police and said can you help me with what is going on downstairs. i went down and there was a crazy guy in our yard. he had been all over the neighborhood. he had gone to four different houses. he threw a stone through a starbucks, etc. when i looked outside, he was in the driveway. thank god the cops had shown up. he's yelling at the cops, he won't back down. the police started walking towards him and towards the house. you know what he did, he bolted to our backyard and then broke down our back door and was in our living room. at this point i have jenny my sister-in-law, my wife, my newborn daughter, they were curious. they wanted to see what was happening with the police i got them upstairs right away. i turned on the lights
at 1:30 in the morning my sister-in-law came upstairs. we've got a two-story house. she was downstairs. a guy had come up to the door that we have downstairs in a room and started shaking saying, i'm brian let me in. let me in. i'm in trouble. let me in. that scared the hell out of her. a guy we don't know at all. she ran upstairs, called the police and said can you help me with what is going on downstairs. i went down and there was a crazy guy in our yard. he had been all over the...
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that's been the law for more than 40 years and it still is. they're about to spend their own money independently of the campaign if they want to but they can't make contributions. presidential candidates raise money at the national level. -- a maximum levels. there are a loft of wealthy individuals who support them. so the obama campaign stands out in that respect a little bit. the caller is making another point which is that the money in this race this year has been much more focused in many respects on a small number of individual people. the attention in this spending is focused on a small number of people who have contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the process. i think the number that gets you to a majority of the money -- about 60% of the outside money has been raced from about 200 individuals. so the number of people you could fit on an airplane have been an important group in funding these outside efforts this year. and that's different and i think we need to watch to see whether those financial resources can become more imp
that's been the law for more than 40 years and it still is. they're about to spend their own money independently of the campaign if they want to but they can't make contributions. presidential candidates raise money at the national level. -- a maximum levels. there are a loft of wealthy individuals who support them. so the obama campaign stands out in that respect a little bit. the caller is making another point which is that the money in this race this year has been much more focused in many...
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>> my law firm brought the case against university of michigan undergrad and law school, center for individual rights. we brought the original case ten years ago and won against the law school and undergrads because of sandra day o'connor who said we need 25 more years of affirmative action. now we have constitutional provisions with expiration dates. there is an interesting book avent tsurprise. liberals try to help how did they cover the failure of public school? affirmative-action. let's deal with the public schools and i suppose i should say, whether or not i always thought was a mistake to make this argument though the imperial -- empirical evidence is interesting i don't care for beneficiary supports race discrimination or not. is unconstitutional. we are republicans. we do not believe in race discrimination. i don't want to hear about legacies. we did not fight a civil war to stop legacies. unlike some supreme court opinions i think the way to get past race discrimination is not to discriminate. [applause] >> i think the way to get past race discrimination is to stop discriminating on t
>> my law firm brought the case against university of michigan undergrad and law school, center for individual rights. we brought the original case ten years ago and won against the law school and undergrads because of sandra day o'connor who said we need 25 more years of affirmative action. now we have constitutional provisions with expiration dates. there is an interesting book avent tsurprise. liberals try to help how did they cover the failure of public school? affirmative-action....
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tonight on nbc bay area investigation, it's child labor, prompting a new push to change that law. a california congresswoman is calling for new protection for kids who work in agriculture. steven is back with a story he broke earlier this year and there's push for change, steven. >> there certainly is. in a political season where the presidential campaign is gathering all the attention, there is right now a quiet movement starting on capitol hill in washington to change the law governing children working in the fields of america. even supporters of that proposed law admit that nothing is likely to happen quickly and any changes face a tough political battle from the opposition. >> harvest season is pretty much over in california's central valley. only a few grapes and raisins left to pick. most families are packing up and moving on, following the crops north to oregon and washington. 3,000 miles away, in the halls of congress, the issue of child labor and agriculture has gained new attention. >> i was shocked because i really do believe this is one of our country's dirty little se
tonight on nbc bay area investigation, it's child labor, prompting a new push to change that law. a california congresswoman is calling for new protection for kids who work in agriculture. steven is back with a story he broke earlier this year and there's push for change, steven. >> there certainly is. in a political season where the presidential campaign is gathering all the attention, there is right now a quiet movement starting on capitol hill in washington to change the law governing...
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my law firm. the case against the university of michigan undergrad and law school my alma mater. it was the center for individual rights and we brought that a kitchen -- original case 10 years ago and we lost against the undergrads because of sandra day o'connor who said we need 25 more years of affirmative action so now we have constitutional -- with expiration dates. there is an interesting book called mismatch by two liberals making the argument with empirical evidence that affirmative action has been harmful to black people. what a surprise. liberals try to help ruin black people's lives. that is the story in my book and their argument is if it's a little bit of affirmative action not so bad that when you're elevating people to schools that they are not ready for and where everyone else has higher scores, they get discouraged and depressed and they drop out and take easy subjects. one-way liberals have brushed the sad result of affirmative action under the rug is by all these black study courses which have pushed them off into this and how did do they cover the failure of the
my law firm. the case against the university of michigan undergrad and law school my alma mater. it was the center for individual rights and we brought that a kitchen -- original case 10 years ago and we lost against the undergrads because of sandra day o'connor who said we need 25 more years of affirmative action so now we have constitutional -- with expiration dates. there is an interesting book called mismatch by two liberals making the argument with empirical evidence that affirmative...
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in 2000, they broke the law to suppress the vote. this year, they're using the law to suppress it. >> bill: hmm. yeah. this takes us back not to the poll tax but to some things that resemble it. >> that's precisely right. let's keep in mind, back then, they said look, we had to have a poll tax because a man who couldn't afford to pay the poll tax -- his vote could be bought. they said we had to exclude women from voting because each man -- who was married would have two votes. i think probably reversing the reality inside of most homes. so they always have a -- so-called reason for doing this. this time, they're saying look, we've gotta have strict photo i.d. because the reality is that people could impersonate voters. well, the reality is that people don't. you know in pennsylvania, we took them into court and the state was forced to admit on the stand that no -- no one had ever prosecuted anybody of voter fraud. they never even investigated a case. there was no credible complaint in the history of the state. we've seen this in stat
in 2000, they broke the law to suppress the vote. this year, they're using the law to suppress it. >> bill: hmm. yeah. this takes us back not to the poll tax but to some things that resemble it. >> that's precisely right. let's keep in mind, back then, they said look, we had to have a poll tax because a man who couldn't afford to pay the poll tax -- his vote could be bought. they said we had to exclude women from voting because each man -- who was married would have two votes. i...
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they've destroyed shrines, imposed sharia law and stoned people who come in their wake. now, mali was once considered one of the few stable democracies in africa, and mali's capital would normally have been able to counteract these insurgents. but the government tripped up this year. a coup took place in march. in the aftermath, soldiers deserted the army. there are reports many even sold their equipment for money. so mali is essentially defenseless. last month the interim president called on the u.n. security council to help. seems increasingly likely there will be some military intervention. already a regional group called ecowas, economic community of west african states, is pulling together a small army. france is leading the calls for action. it has submitted a proposal to the u.n. for malayan soldier to be trained by the european union. those soldiers will then join a few thousand ecowas troops to retake northern mali. remember, mali was a french colony until 1960. france continues to have trade interests in the region. what about washington's role? haven't our lea
they've destroyed shrines, imposed sharia law and stoned people who come in their wake. now, mali was once considered one of the few stable democracies in africa, and mali's capital would normally have been able to counteract these insurgents. but the government tripped up this year. a coup took place in march. in the aftermath, soldiers deserted the army. there are reports many even sold their equipment for money. so mali is essentially defenseless. last month the interim president called on...
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and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ because it helps you keep doing what you love. no wonder it's america's #1 selling pain reliever. you took action, you took advil®. and we thank you. ♪ in everything you do [ female announcer ] add your own ingredients to hamburger helper for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities....
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they were writing the laws. good politicians act on a self interest and what the public demands. one fast point, you mentioned california, and that is where campaign finance matters. most people have a strong view about president obama or mitt romney. where this really has an impact is local but also on state emissions. california has all kinds of stuff on the balanced, because if you have got more money than your opponent, you could win. tavis: joe biden has apparently written a tell-all, and i am told it is not a flattering picture he paints of the vice president. i do not know if that would have any impact. the question is what kind of nose itches -- what kind of buzz is generated. it >> if an idealistic young american comes to washington to change things, but washington changes him. in the process of explaining his story, he takes after his former boss, joe biden, and portrays joe biden in a negative light. it is also a scathing indictment of how washington politics works and how both parties will relate to the business community who. this gentleman also places a pretty broad
they were writing the laws. good politicians act on a self interest and what the public demands. one fast point, you mentioned california, and that is where campaign finance matters. most people have a strong view about president obama or mitt romney. where this really has an impact is local but also on state emissions. california has all kinds of stuff on the balanced, because if you have got more money than your opponent, you could win. tavis: joe biden has apparently written a tell-all, and...
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to the public, that recording should be kept for a minimum of 7 days and shall be made available to law enforcement on demand. >> would the project sponsor like to say anything? >> good morning, supervisors, president, holly, [inaudible] representative from cvs to answer any of your question, whether it's specifically about the pronlt or the history of leading up through the neighborhood outreach. i did want to make one point of correction, on the agenda, it identifies the type 21 license, we are in fact [inaudible] a type 20 beer and wine only. if you have any questions, i'm here. >> does staff present an issue? >> while the city attorney is reviewing that, let's go to public comment. any people in the public that wish to comment on this, please line up. >> good morning, supervisors, i'd like the overhead, please. overhead, please. >> it will come, if you could start speaking, go for it. >> yes. david chu made a point that the licenses were bought by cvs, here is one of the locations on poke not been bought off the abc website, it would have been updated, and also as you can see, it al
to the public, that recording should be kept for a minimum of 7 days and shall be made available to law enforcement on demand. >> would the project sponsor like to say anything? >> good morning, supervisors, president, holly, [inaudible] representative from cvs to answer any of your question, whether it's specifically about the pronlt or the history of leading up through the neighborhood outreach. i did want to make one point of correction, on the agenda, it identifies the type 21...
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supplied workers for reconstruction efforts is helping to shine a light on the whole operation japanese law enforcement officials have disclosed that starting in may of last year gang members were sent to the damage reactors they perform cleanup work and began rebuilding damaged areas subcontractor for tepco then awarded the extra hazard pay to the crime boss and a portion of the money was used to settle debts with the crime syndicate. now while you might be thinking that gang members and criminals going in to help clean up a nuclear disaster sounds like a good idea think about it this way these workers are being sacrificed to this job because they are indebted to the mob and they're desperate for work and many of them have little to no experience being sent to what they're doing think about what i just said this may be the most important aspect of all the nuclear disaster resulting from the read major nuclear meltdowns is unfolding by the minute and who sent to work on it gang members with no experience the clean up efforts must be worked on properly or could result in the spread of eighty
supplied workers for reconstruction efforts is helping to shine a light on the whole operation japanese law enforcement officials have disclosed that starting in may of last year gang members were sent to the damage reactors they perform cleanup work and began rebuilding damaged areas subcontractor for tepco then awarded the extra hazard pay to the crime boss and a portion of the money was used to settle debts with the crime syndicate. now while you might be thinking that gang members and...
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they were critical because his law firm represented public utilities. talks are expected to begin monday without a mediator. >>> the port of oakland is in damage control mode as questionable expenses seem to multiply. new information tonight. >>> the high school football game of the week takes us to eastern side. >>> coming up, the temperature change you can expect for your weekend and the world series forecast in detroit and when rain chances could return to our local pore cast forecast. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> an oakland high school was under lockdown as the police searched for a man with a gun. the high school was put on lockdown. the police say a 22-year-old man was taken into custody after about an hour. >>> woman in private rooms to 4,000 cab -- $4,000 in cabs outside of a s
they were critical because his law firm represented public utilities. talks are expected to begin monday without a mediator. >>> the port of oakland is in damage control mode as questionable expenses seem to multiply. new information tonight. >>> the high school football game of the week takes us to eastern side. >>> coming up, the temperature change you can expect for your weekend and the world series forecast in detroit and when rain chances could return to our...